SBS PCM Technique Applied for Aiming at IFE Pellets: linebreak First Tests with Amplifiers and Harmonic Conversion

The Current Trends in SBS and phase conjugation

“…Compared to the successful experiments realized earlier (Kalal et al, 2008a(Kalal et al, , 2010a, which confirmed the selfnavigation principle (the change of the trajectory achieved by the incorporated conversion to the second harmonicgreen line), in these new experiments, a complete individual laser channel setup was assembledincluding the pellets realized by the static steel balls 4 mm in diameter. This kind of pellets was deliberately chosen as capable to withstand much higher illumination energies compared to the real ones as the higher illumination energies became necessary due to the insufficient amplification available in the laser channel (with only two amplifiers employed).…”

“…As a byproduct, a higher number of less energetic (thus easier to design) lasers could be employed. This idea was undergoing a gradual improvement in its theoretical design (Kalal et al, 2007b(Kalal et al, , 2008bOstermeyer et al, 2008a) and subsequently it started to be tested also experimentallyproving the principle (Kalal et al, 2008(Kalal et al, , 2010a.…”

Inertial fusion experiments and theory

“…The scientists of Czech Technical University of Prague reported a new approach for navigating laser beams to an injected pellet using the SBS PCM [43]. By illuminating an injected pellet with seed laser beams, reflected seeding laser pulses are collected by the focusing optics, amplified, reflected by the SBS PCM, and amplified once again on its return, converted to a higher harmonic.…”